Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Mark 6:6
He marvelled — As man. As he was God, nothing was strange to him.
He marvelled — As man. As he was God, nothing was strange to him.
Verse Mark 6:6. Mark 6:4, Mark 6:4....
See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 13:54....
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Servant rejected in Nazareth. (Mark 6:1. Matthew 13:54; Luke 4:16)_ 2. The Servant sends forth the Twelve. (Mark 6:7 .
THE REJECTION OF JESUS AT NAZARETH. Mk.'s reason for inserting this incident at this particular point is obscure. It seems to belong to the early period. Jesus is once more in the synagogue as His cus...
THE MISSIONARY ACTIVITY OF THE TWELVE. Wellhausen is sceptical as to the historic worth of this paragraph, as also of the section on the appointment of the Twelve. But Mk.'s view, that the disciples w...
WITHOUT HONOR IN HIS OWN COUNTRY (Mark 6:1-6)...
Jesus left there and came into his own native place, and his disciples went with him. When the Sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue. Many, as they listened, were amazed. "Where," they said,...
MARVELLED BECAUSE OF, &c. Occurs only in Mark. because of. on account of. Greek. _dia_. App-104.Mark 6:2....
_he marvelled_ Our Lord does not marvel at other human things generally, but He does marvel on the one hand, at faith, when, as in the case of the centurion, it overcomes in its grandeur all human hin...
ἘΘΑΎΜΑΣΕΝ. This also is omitted by Mt., although he admits surprise in Christ at the great faith of the centurion (Mark 8:10). John 4:13; John 9:19 we have expressions which imply surprise. Surprise i...
1–6. CHRIST IS DESPISED AT NAZARETH Matthew 13:54-58. Cf. Luke 4:16-30...
Ver 6. ----- And He went round about the villages, teaching. 7. And He called unto Him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; 8. And command...
Ver 1. And He went out from thence, and came into His own country; and His disciples follow Him. 2. And when the sabbath day was come, He began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing Him were ast...
_JESUS GAVE THE APOSTLES THEIR ASSIGNMENTS MARK 6:1-13:_ Jesus revisited his boyhood home of Nazareth. He had adopted Capernaum as His home and He did many of His mighty works there. Jesus had lived a...
ΈΘΑΎΜΑΖΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΘΑΥΜΆΖΩ (G2296) дивиться, изумляться, ΠΕΡΙΉΓΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΠΕΡΙΆΓΩ (G4013) ходить, бродить вокруг. _Impf._ указывает на повторяющееся действие в прошлом, ΔΙΔΆ...
DISCOURSE: 1427 PREVALENCE OF UNBELIEF Mark 6:6. _And he marvelled because of their unbelief_. ONE would suppose, that those who had the fullest opportunity of knowing the Lord Jesus from his earlies...
HE MARVELLED, BECAUSE OF THEIR UNBELIEF— He wondered at their perverseness, in rejecting him upon such unreasonable grounds as the meanness of his parentage. The Jews in general mistook their own prop...
5. THE GREAT TEACHER AND THE TWELVE. 6:1-13 _TEXT 6:1-13_ And he went out from thence; and he cometh into his own country; and his disciples follow him. And when the sabbath was come, he began to tea...
_SUMMARY 6:1_7:23 The testimony for Jesus furnished by the preceding section, is based chiefly on the opinions which men formed concerning him. The disciples, though slow and hard of heart to realize...
And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 4:16....
35-37 Compare Luk_8:49-50. 38-43 Compare Mat_9:23-36; Luk_8:51-56. 1-4 Compare Mat_13:53-57; Luk_4:16-30. 1 On a former occasion (Luk_4:16) He had gone to Nazareth to speak, and found His old neighb...
VISIT TO NAZARETH. MISSION OF THE TWELVE. EXECUTION OF THE BAPTIST. FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND. WALKING ON THE SEA 1-6. Visit to Nazareth (Matthew 13:54)....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 6 JESUS IN NAZARETH VERSES 1-6 Everywhere that Jesus went, the crowds came. They w...
CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 6:1-6 (Mark 6:1) REJECTED IN HIS OWN COUNTRY "And He went out from thence; and He cometh into His own country; and His disciples follow Him." Mark 6:1 (R.V.) WE have seen how St....
ἐθαύμασεν, etc. Jesus marvelled at the _faith_ of the centurion. Nazareth supplied the opposite ground for astonishment. There Jesus found an amount of stupid unreceptivity for which His experience in...
Mark 6:1-6 a. _Jesus at Nazareth_ (Matthew 13:53-58 _cf._ Luke 4:16-30)....
THE WIDENING FIELDS Mark 6:1-20 In the opening paragraph of this chapter, we learn of hatred and rejection of those who had enjoyed the rich privileges of being the neighbors and associates of our Lo...
"He could there do no mighty work." Not that He in Himself was unable, for His hands laid on a few sick folk brought healing, but that the condition of wilful and persistent unbelief limited the power...
CHAPTER 30 JESUS AGAIN REJECTED AT NAZARETH Matthew 13:54-58, & Mark 6:1-6. “He went out from thence, and came into His own country [i.e., He went from Capernaum to Nazareth]; and His disciples follo...
THIRD EVANGELISTIC TOUR Matthew 9:35-36; Mark 6:6. Matthew _“And Jesus was a going round all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing...
CONTENTS. _The_ LORD JESUS is _here, spoken of with contempt by his countrymen. He sends forth his Disciples. Herod hears of_ CHRIST, _and is alarmed._ JESUS _feeds the Multitude. He is seen walking...
It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
_JESUS MARVELLED_ ‘And He marvelled because of their unbelief.’ Mark 6:6 It is recorded twice, and only twice, that ‘Jesus marvelled.’ And it is remarkable that both times it was on a matter of ‘fa...
In that which follows, the history (properly so called) of His service is resumed (chapter 6). Only we see Him already rejected by a blinded people, in spite of the power which He had manifested, and...
AND HE MARVELLED BECAUSE OF THEIR UNBELIEF,.... Which was the reason, as Matthew says, Matthew 13:58, why he did not many mighty works there, because they continued their prejudices against him, and t...
And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching. Ver. 6. _And he marvelled_] Unbelief must needs be a monstrous sin, that puts Christ to the marvel....
_And he came into his own country_, &c. For an explanation of this paragraph, see the notes on Matthew 13:53. _Is not this the carpenter's son?_ There can be no doubt that Jesus in his youth wrought w...
HIS OWN COUNTRY; Nazareth. Matthew 13:54-58....
The result of the opposition:...
a. AND HE MARVELED BECAUSE OF THEIR UNBELIEF. Jesus had come with an open hand to distribute from His own bounty and that of His Father. The reception accorded Him shut off the people from the gifts o...
TITLE: Jesus was amazed TEXT: Mark 6:4-6 PROPOSITION: Sometimes, even Jesus is amazed. QUESTION: When? KEY WORD: Circumstances READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Many things surprise, amaze, and marvel u...
1-6 Our Lord's countrymen tried to prejudice the minds of people against him. Is not this the carpenter? Our Lord Jesus probably had worked in that business with his father. He thus put honour upon m...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 6:4...
Mark 6:6 And G2532 marveled G2296 (G5707) because G1223 their G846 unbelief G570 Then G2532 went G4013 ...
JESUS IS REJECTED IN HIS OWN NEIGHBOURHOOD (6:1-6). Having preached continually in the area by the Sea of Galilee and around Capernaum, and having revealed His glory through His activities, Jesus now...
‘And he marvelled because of their unbelief.' Jesus was filled with wonder at the total lack of faith in Him among His neighbours. His own relationship with His Father was such that He found it quite...
THE EXTENSION OF THE MINISTRY - THE TWELVE ARE SENT OUT EMPOWERED BY JESUS TO PROCLAIM THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD (6:6A-13). Now begins the further expansion of the ministry. Jesus sends out His Apostles...
THE WIDER MINISTRY BEGINS - THE APOSTLES ARE SENT OUT - OPPOSITION CONTINUES (6:6A-56). Having established that Jesus is Lord of the elements, Lord over evil spirits and Lord over life and death, Mark...
Mark 6:6. He marvelled because of their unbelief. To be taken literally. On another occasion our Lord ‘marvelled' (Matthew 8:10; Luke 7:9) at the great faith of a heathen centurion. Both instances ind...
CHRONOLOGY. This visit to Nazareth is the same as that mentioned by Matthew (Matthew 13:54-58), but different from that recorded by Luke (Luke 4:14-29). See notes on the former passage. Some other mir...
AND HE MARVELLED BECAUSE OF THEIR UNBELIEF (κα εθαυμασεν δια την απιστιαν αυτων). Aorist tense, but Westcott and Hort put the imperfect in the margin. Jesus had divine knowledge and accurate insight...
Mark 6:5 The text contains two remarkable instances, in a short space, of the manner in which the feelings and circumstances of men are ascribed to God in the Scriptures. It is said of Him who is Almi...
Mark 6:6 I. Let us consider the nature of unbelief. What is it? The word, so translated, will be found twelve times in the New Testament, and always in one signification. In its fullest sense, of cour...
CONTENTS: The twelve sent out to preach. Murder of John the Baptist. The 5000 fed. Jesus walks on the sea. Jesus heals many at Gennesaret. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, Herod, Herodias, her daughter,...
Mark 6:3. _Is not this the carpenter?_ The jews were bound to teach their children some trade, as no man could say what the vicissitudes of life might be. Hence Lightfoot cites the following passage f...
HE WAS GREATLY SURPRISED. See note on Matthew 8:10. TO THE VILLAGES AROUND THERE. He spent no more time with them, but took his ministry into new areas....
_And He could there do no mighty work._ THE UNBELIEF OF THE NAZARENES Our plan will be to give you in the first place certain reasons, where the unbelief was strongest, the miracles were few; and the...
_And He went out from thence, and came into His own country._ JESUS RE-VISITS NAZARETH I. Gracious condescension. Jesus, although He had been cruelly treated at Nazareth, once more turns His steps ho...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 6:5 COULD DO NO MIGHTY WORK THERE. Jesus will not force his miracles on a hostile, skeptical audience. Nevertheless, he continues TEACHING (see...
THE PEOPLE OF NAZARETH REFUSE TO BELIEVE MATTHEW 13:53-58; MARK 6:1-6; MATTHEW 13:53 And it came to pass, [_that_] when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence....
CHAPTER 6 1 _Christ is contemned of his countrymen_. 7 _He giveth the twelve power over unclean spirits_. 14 _Divers opinions of Christ_. 27 _John Baptist is beheaded_, 29 _and buried_. 30 _The apostl...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 6:1. HIS OWN COUNTRY.—_Native place_, or _town_: Nazareth, the home of His youth. Rejected at an earlier stage in His ministry (Luke 4:14), He now returns in the c...
EXPOSITION MARK 6:1 Our Lord now left the neighbourhood of Capernaum, and came INTO HIS OWN COUNTRY, the district of Nazareth, where he had been, not born indeed, but brought up, and where his kinsfo...
Shall we turn to Mark's gospel, chapter 6. Jesus had been in the city of Capernaum there on the northern part of the Sea of Galilee. And He has just brought back to life the daughter of Jairus, one of...
Acts 10:38; Isaiah 59:16; Jeremiah 2:11; John 9:30; Luke 13:22;...
HOW UNBELIEF HINDERED CHRIST Mark 6:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We wish to take up two questions of Mark 6:2 1. THE FIRST QUESTION: "FROM WHENCE HATH THIS MAN THESE THINGS?" (1) We have back of the ques...